Inspired by true stories - worth to see
by rafal-48-729625 | created - 08 May 2011 | updated - 13 Sep 2015 | PublicThe movies that were inspires by true events, however too loosely coupled to figure on this list: http://www.imdb.com/list/D_xowCAATAc/
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1. Enemy at the Gates (2001)
R | 131 min | Action, Drama, War
A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad.
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud | Stars: Jude Law, Ed Harris, Joseph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz
Votes: 277,678 | Gross: $51.40M
Inspired by diaries of Vasily Zaytsev. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Grigoryevich_Zaitsev Possibly whole story is just soviet propaganda.
2. 21 (2008)
PG-13 | 123 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Inspired by real events and people, 21 is about six MIT students who become trained to be experts in card counting in Black Jack and subsequently took Vegas casinos for millions in winnings.
Director: Robert Luketic | Stars: Jim Sturgess, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey, Aaron Yoo
Votes: 266,556 | Gross: $81.16M
Inspired by achievements of MIT Blackjack Team http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_Blackjack_Team
3. A Beautiful Mind (2001)
PG-13 | 135 min | Biography, Drama, Mystery
A mathematical genius, John Nash made an astonishing discovery early in his career and stood on the brink of international acclaim. But the handsome and arrogant Nash soon found himself on a harrowing journey of self-discovery.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Christopher Plummer
Votes: 987,271 | Gross: $170.74M
Inspired by life of John Nash http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Nash_%28mathematician%29
4. The Mothman Prophecies (2002)
PG-13 | 119 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A reporter is drawn to a small West Virginia town to investigate a series of strange events, including psychic visions and the appearance of bizarre entities.
Director: Mark Pellington | Stars: Richard Gere, Laura Linney, David Eigenberg, Bob Tracey
Votes: 84,806 | Gross: $35.75M
Inspired by events that took place in 1966-1967 in Point Pleasant. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothman
5. The Social Network (2010)
PG-13 | 120 min | Biography, Drama
As Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking site that would become known as Facebook, he is sued by the twins who claimed he stole their idea and by the co-founder who was later squeezed out of the business.
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Rooney Mara
Votes: 758,968 | Gross: $96.96M
6. Titanic (1997)
PG-13 | 194 min | Drama, Romance
A seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.
Director: James Cameron | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates
Votes: 1,280,858 | Gross: $659.33M
Actually background of this movie is a true story. Main characters are fictious.
7. American Gangster (2007)
R | 157 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
An outcast New York City cop is charged with bringing down Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas, whose real life inspired this partly biographical film.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Josh Brolin
Votes: 452,651 | Gross: $130.16M
Inspired by life of Frank Lucas. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Lucas_%28drug_lord%29
8. Braveheart (1995)
R | 178 min | Biography, Drama, War
Scottish warrior William Wallace leads his countrymen in a rebellion to free his homeland from the tyranny of King Edward I of England.
Director: Mel Gibson | Stars: Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan, Angus Macfadyen
Votes: 1,091,626 | Gross: $75.60M
9. The Counterfeiters (2007)
R | 99 min | Crime, Drama, History
The story of the Operation Bernhard, the largest counterfeiting operation in history, carried out by Germany during World War II.
Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky | Stars: Karl Markovics, August Diehl, Devid Striesow, Martin Brambach
Votes: 47,179 | Gross: $5.48M
Inspired by nazi's Operation Bernhard and life of Salomon Smolianoff. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Bernhard http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salomon_Smolianoff
10. Lincz (2010)
118 min | Drama, Thriller
The story unfolds about the murder of an old man living in a remote village and six locals who may have been connected with the murder. Things get messy when the dead man turns out to be an... See full summary »
Director: Krzysztof Lukaszewicz | Stars: Leszek Lichota, Agnieszka Podsiadlik, Wieslaw Komasa, Maciej Mikolajczyk
Votes: 962
11. A Dangerous Method (2011)
R | 99 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A look at how the intense relationship between Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud gives birth to psychoanalysis.
Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Keira Knightley, Viggo Mortensen, Vincent Cassel
Votes: 108,368 | Gross: $5.70M
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